'' is a
2000 Action Film , starring
Nicholas Cage ,
Directed by
Dominic Sena , and written by Scott Rosenberg. It was produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer , and is a remake of the
1974 H.B. Halicki film ''
Gone In 60 Seconds ''.
The film concerns a former car thief being forced to return to his former trade and steal fifty cars in one night for a crime boss who is threatening to kill his brother. It stars
Nicolas Cage as "Memphis",
Angelina Jolie as "Sway",
Robert Duvall as Otto,
Christopher Eccleston as Raymond Vincent Calitri and the former
British Association Football (soccer) player
Vinnie Jones as "The Sphinx".
Delroy Lindo plays
Detective Roland Castlebeck.
Randall "Memphis" Raines is gentle and wise, yet skillful in his job as a top ranked car thief in town. However he chose to walk away from the life, the city and his girlfriend at the peak of his career, without leaving a reason. Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% since then.
Kip Raines is the younger brother of Memphis. He respects his brother very well--and his brother's notority in the business. He dreams to become a car thief, as great as his brother. While Memphis is away, he arises and became the leader of a small, high profile car theft group. What he doesn't know, and is not aware of, is the reason of his brother's departure.
During a day's work as a children go-cart racing instructor an old "friend" approached him, telling him Kip got into trouble. Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri. Memphis talked to Calitri and tried to negotiate, and offered paying back the $10,000 Kip owed by messing up the job. But the cold Calitri wanted more--he wanted to use the retired master thief. Memphis was forced to accept the deal before Kip is killed in front of him. It was Monday, and Calitri demanded 50 exotic cars in a container ship by 8:00 AM Friday morning. Not even a master thief would do this kind of business in 4 days.
Having no choices Memphis had to start over. He re-gathered his old partners, who all retired into other careers and/or are killed. Seeing himself getting his brother into such trouble, Kip brought on his crew. Unfortunately Memphis' long time rival in Law noticed his return too, and tracked the whole gang trying to prevent the next big embarrassment on the Police.
With Memphis' supreme plans and skillful partners, 49 cars are waiting quietly at the ship even though the crew had some rather minor troubles. Memphis only had one more to go--the 1967
Shelby Mustang GT 500 . Code-named Eleanor, the car was described the one Memphis most admired--and afraid of. Extremely carefully Memphis started the car, but found police officers watching right behind. Memphis evaded the pursuit with terrific driving skills, but by the time Memphis stands before Calitri he was late, and Eleanor was quite disfigured. Calitri cruelly ordered Memphis to be killed and Eleanor to be shed, despite Memphis' effort of saving his brother, stealing the other 49 cars in one night and driving the car to him under a heavy police force.
Memphis was about to be executed. The pistol was pointed at his head. At the very last moment Kip and some friends are right on time saving his brother after Kip learning the reason Memphis retired was to prevent Kip taking the same, wrong path, which eventually failed. But then Calitri went after Memphis for a three-way chase with the police. Memphis hid, but his rival police officer was gun-pointed by Calitri, who would hesitate not about killing an unarmed lawman. Memphis jumped out, pushed Calitri down the platform they were on and saved the officer's life, despite the officer is after him.
The officer learned that this time Memphis is stealing for nothing but his brother's life. With his own life spared by Memphis he let him go. In return, Memphis told him the location of the container ship, "you may want to have a look."
The last scene was at Memphis' mentor's garage, the first one Memphis went to asking for help. The whole crew partied and greeted Memphis' reunion with his girlfriend. Kip brought his brother a gift to thank him--the severely damaged Shelby Mustang repaired by the whole crew. The excited Memphis couldn't help but start driving with his girlfriend, but the engine died as the screen faded out.
With their codenames (in the remake), is as follows:
# 1999
Aston Martin DB7 - Mary
# 1962
Aston Martin DB1 - Barbara
# 1999
Bentley Arnage - Lindsey
# 1999
Bentley Azure - Laura
# 1964
Bentley Continental - Alma
# 1959
Cadillac El Dorado - Madeline
# 1958
Cadillac El Dorado Brougham - Patricia
# 1999
Cadillac Escalade - Carol
# 2000
Cadillac El Dorado ETC (El Dorado Touring Coupe) - Daniela
# 1957
Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible - Stefanie
# 1969
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - Erin
# 1953
Chevrolet Corvette - Pamela
# 1967
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Big Block - Stacey
# 2000
Ford F350 4x4 Modified Pick-up - Anne
# 1971
DeTomaso Pantera - Kate
# 1969
Plymouth Superbird - Vanessa
# 1998 - Denise
# 1995
Ferrari 355 B - Diane
# 1997
Ferrari 355 F1 - Iris
# 1967
Ferrari 275 GTB4 - Nadine
# 1999
Ferrari 550 Maranello - Angelina
# 1987
Ferrari Testarossa - Rose
# 1956
Ford T-Bird - Susan
# 2000
GMC Yukon - Megan
# 1999
HumVee 2-Door Pickup - Tracy
# 1999
Infiniti Q45 - Rachel
# 1994
Jaguar XJ220 - Bernadene
# 1999
Jaguar XK8 Coupe - Deborah
# 1990
Lamborghini Diablo - Gina
# 1999
Lexus LS 400 - Hillary
# 1999
Lincoln Navigator - Kimberley
# 1957
Mercedes Benz 300 SL/Gullwing - Dorothy
# 1999
Mercedes Benz CL 500 - Donna
# 1999
Mercedes Benz S 600 - Samantha
# 1998
Mercedes Benz SL 600 - Ellen
# 1950
Mercury Custom - Gabriela
# 1971
Plymouth Hemi Cuda - Shannon
# 1969
Plymouth Roadrunner - Jessica
# 1965
Pontiac GTO - Sharon
# 1999
Porsche 996 - Tina
# 2000
Porsche Boxster - Marsha
# 1961
Porsche Speedster - Natalie
# 1988
Porsche 959 - Virginia
# 1997
Porsche 911 Twin Turbo - Tanya
# 2000
Rolls Royce Stretch Limousine - Grace
# 1966
Shelby AC Cobra - Ashley
# 1967
Shelby Mustang GT 500 - Eleanor
# 2000
Toyota Land Cruiser - Cathy
# 1998
Toyota Supra Turbo - Lynn
# 2000
Volvo Turbo Wagon R - Lisa
Due to the films stellar box-office performance and huge fan-base, a sequel has been rumored for quite some time. However, due to Nicholas Cage's currently demanding schedule there are no firm plans for a 2nd film starring Cage.
